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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1916
Page
16
A dull and irregular market session shows few gains offset by several sharp breaks. American Zinc remains strong and active while coal products and industrial alcohol weaken. Features indicate only slight changes among leading names.
Yesterday's market totals show New York sales at 279 487 shares and Boston at 41 515. Mercantile Marine pref led New York movers with 18 600 shares while American Zinc topped Boston with 9 175. From Jan 1 1916 to date New York totals reached 25 412 588 shares and Boston 1 971 115. Compared with last year New York 8 560 400 and Boston 806 294. Major gains include South Porto Rico Sugar up 5 percent to 16934 in New York. Calumet & Hecla down 5 to 580 in Boston. Quincy up 1 to 9714. N Y C & St L fell 4 to 3814 in New York. Calumet & Hecla dropped in Boston as noted.
Trading was light with the smallest turnover of the year as tomorrow’s holiday reduced professional activity. Sugar and zinc shares rose modestly while rails and most issues drifted lower or unchanged amid muted foreign and domestic news.
Boston stock prices show high and low figures for the day with a fast market update and a comparison to the previous close. The report includes bond listings among other securities traded on the Boston Stock Exchange.
Boston market shows dull tone with spotty gains in American Zinc and Greene Cananea amid a broader pullback. Allouez hits a new high while Butte & Superior fluctuates. cotton futures drop to a yearly low as fears grow over German submarine policy impacting shipments and a government crop scare prompts southern bank planting cautions.
The market showed broad but subdued activity across several issues. Traders focused on Anglo-French 5s, Tokyo city 5s, Japanese securities, Mercantile Marine 44s, and United States Realty 5s with scattered demand in Pacific and railway bonds as investors digest cross border debt offerings.
Total cotton market files reach 2 606 000 dollars, up from 1 767 000 Saturday and 3 735 000 last week. Year to date sales stand at 180 010 000 dollars, versus 88 898 000 the prior year.
Current quotations show call loans at 8 percent for brokers customers and 3 percent for outside calls. Commercial loans range 3.4 to 6 percent with collateral loans at 4 to 6 percent. Commercial paper at 3 to 4 percent and year money at 4.4 percent. After noon bankers rates: Sterling cables 4.76 4.77, francs 5.86, marks 74 3, guilders 42 14, lire 6.69.
Judge Mayer of the United States District Court in New York signed an order approving a 760000 settlement offer by Rock Island directors Daniel G. Reid William H. Moore F L Hine Robert B Walker and Edward B Moore to resolve claims by Receiver Walter C Noyes for interest. The receiver found the offer satisfactory and recommended the court grant the order.
Avs Lé and City Ayro J Mobile engage in a regional matchup with tight defense and scoring bursts. Early exchanges show balanced offense as both squads push for control in a contested game setting.
An Edmonton Journal piece recounts how Canadians on leave in England are seen. The British view the Canadian soldier as remarkable yet unpredictable, like a miracle or flood, both admired and at times dangerous. On leave he becomes lively and generous, yet strained by weather, finances, and strict early-evening salutes.
January shows higher value per ton for concentrates at $101.60 with 10 586 tons concentrates from 49 428 tons ore while December had $86 per ton from 10 402 tons concentrates. New East Butte oil flotation plant runs 600 tons daily with 800 ton capacity soon. sulphuric acid shortage hampers Butte Duluth ore plans.
William A. Gaston president of the National Shawmut Bank is resting comfortably after a Florida motor boat accident. He was caught in the engine, his arm broken in several places and three ribs injured, but he was rescued in time and doctors are certain he will recover.
The previous days saw the dullest trading in over seven months with the ticker mostly silent and Steel common barely moving. Analysts note holiday effects, wary sentiment over the international situation, and limited war order disclosures shaping a slow market ahead of spring activity.
Kidder, Peabody & Co. on behalf of a syndicate bought 16 million of Winchester Repeating Arms 2 year 65 percent notes. United Gas & Electric Corp sold 5 million of its 6 percent 30 year collateral trust sinking fund gold bonds due April 45 to a group of New York and Philadelphia firms.
A four percent dividend is declared on the outstanding stock and will be payable February 29 1916 to stockholders of record February 21 1916. Transfer books close February 21 1916 at 3 PM and reopen March 1 1916 at 10 AM. John J Hamm ers treasurer Boston Mass February 3 1916.
The Boston Post reports a countrywide business boom with widespread agreement that conditions are the best in history. It promises a special financial page article tomorrow to quantify how much activity exceeds normal levels and how long the boom may last, plus stock market implications.
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